Everest | 1987 N Col-N Face (Great Couloir)

A Spain expedition to Everest in 1987 via N Col-N Face (Great Couloir), led by Mari Abrego Santesteban. Summit reached on 23rd May 1987. 2 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 450
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID EVER87105
Peak ID EVER
Year 1987
Season 1
Host Country 2
Route 1 N Col-N Face (Great Couloir)
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality Spain
Leaders Mari Abrego Santesteban
Sponsor Spanish Mount Everest Expedition 1987 (Basques)
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach -
Basecamp Date 1987-04-07
Summit Date 1987-05-23
Summit Time -
Summit Days 46
Total Days 48
Termination Date 1987-05-25
Termination Reason 5
Termination Notes Abandoned at 8000m due to snow conditions and wind
High Point (m) 8000
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 6
Fixed Rope (m) 0
Total Members 2
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(earlyApr,5150m),C1(5400m),C2(5800m),C3.ABC(6400m),C4(7000m),C5(7500m),C6(23/05,8000m),xxx(23-25/05,8000m)
Route Notes Basques put their camps in same as Swedes and had same number of camps. Reached C6 only once, on 23rd May stayed 2 nights, then down because of bad snow conditions (loose new snow on packed snow in couloir) and strong winds. Climb finished now as Abrego was completely exhausted (had been sick with fever and cold) and had to be protected by Casimiro all the way down to ABC (had no one helping them). Yaks to ABC carrying loads. Basques climbed on Swedes' permit but considered themselves and were considered by Swedes to be separate expedition. There was no exchange of supplies between them.
Accidents None except Abrego mild illness
Achievement -
Agency -
Commercial Route False
Standard Route -
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference -
Primary ID -
Checksum 2449061
Year 1987
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) n col-n face (great couloir)

Members

2 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Angel Maria (Mari) Abrego Santesteban M 1944 Spain Leader Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Alpinist Details Other expeditions
Jose Manuel (Josema) Casimiro Arteta M 1958 Spain Climber Pamplona, Navarra, Spain Carpenter Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
EVER87105 AAJ Abrego, Mari - - 62:267-268 (1988) -
EVER87105 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12198826702/Asia-Tibet-Everest-Attempt - - -